Glossary

balance due

Amount of money the customer owes the retailer.

basket

Collection of items with an identifiable number scanned in Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management that can be retrieved at the Point-of-Service register.

buddy store

Store within a transfer zone in Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management to which the retailer often transfers items.

business date

Duration between the opening of a store and the subsequent closing of the store.

cancelled transaction

Transaction that is cancelled by a cashier while the transaction is still in progress.

deletion fee

Fee applied if a customer selects to delete a layaway before completion.

down payment

Percentage amount that is required to hold merchandise for a customer. This payment is applied to the cost of the items on the layaway and is partially refundable if the items are returned, less any applied fees.

EJournal

Journal used to record the steps that created a transaction or an entry at the time it occurred.

electronic journal (EJournal)

See EJournal.

employee ID

ID an employee enters when logging in.

external order

Order created using a third-party order management system external to Oracle Retail Point-of-Service.

gift card

Process of issuing a gift card to a customer as a sale or as a refund tender in a return or exchange transaction.

gift card credit

Value has been added to any card (whether it is a brand new one or one that is reloaded with value) as a result of a return where a balance is due to the customer.

grace period

Number of days after a password expires before the user is locked out from logging in.

hard totals

Device containing summary financial information, store status, and transaction information that is locally available to the register. A set of hard totals is kept for each till, each register, and the store.

home store

Store where a user is currently logged in.

issue

Process of issuing a gift card to a customer as a sale or as a refund tender in a return or exchange transaction.

layaway

Holding of merchandise while the customer pays for it in installments.

layaway fee

Amount that the customer is charged for the holding of the merchandise for layaway.

negative balance due

Amount of money the retailer owes the customer.

no sale transaction

Situation where the cash drawer is opened for a non-financial transaction.

operating fund

Amount of money kept on hand in the store during a business day. The operating fund includes till float amounts.

parameter

Name value pairs used to control flow in an application and set allowed values for data.

parameter group

Set of parameters grouped together by category.

password policy

Set of criteria used to prevent unauthorized user access to the application.

PAT cash

Combination of and use of specific tender types, considered to be cash according to IRS Form 8300 (form used to report cash payments over 10,000 received in a trade or business after December 31, 2001), which are then used to tender in a single transaction.

Patriot Act (PAT) cash

See PAT cash.

post-void

Cancellation of a transaction after it has been completed.

preferred language

Language that is associated with a user or customer and used when the user logs in or the customer is linked to a transaction.

pricing group

Group associated to specific price promotions and discount rules.

primary item

An item that has a set of related items or fees associated with it.

reason code

Specifies the possible conditions why a process was executed.

regular employee

Permanent employee.

related item

Item or fee associated with a primary item.

redeem

Process of redeeming a gift card for the full value of the gift card.

reentry mode

Mode of register operation that provides the ability to enter information for transactions that were completed manually while the register was offline.

reload

Process of adding monetary value to an existing gift card. Reloading a gift card can be done as its own transaction or as a refund in a return or exchange transaction.

role

A named collection of functions. When an employee is assigned a role, that employee has access to the functions associated with the role.

service alert

Pickup orders and email communications that need an action initiated.

suspended transaction

Transaction that is saved for later completion before being tendered.

temporary employee

Employee whose status is determined by the number of days valid.

tax certificate number

Number provided for sales tax exemption issued separately by the state where doing business.

tax ID

Federal identifier assigned by a national government. For example, in the United States, the TIN is assigned by the IRS for reporting purposes (even if it is a tax exempt organization).

temporary password

Password randomly generated by the system for new employees, new temporary employees, or when an operator selects to reset a password.

tender

Monetary medium exchanged for goods and services, such as cash, gift card, or credit card.

till

Physical storage box containing money with separate places for each currency type and thta can be put into or taken out of a physical register drawer.

training mode

Mode of register operation that provides the ability to train sales associates on certain Point-of-Service functions without affecting business information.

transaction ID

Composite key of multiple individual attributes, such as store ID, register ID, and transaction number, that create a unique identifier for a transaction.

transfer zone

Set of locations where item transfers are allowed.

unit of measure

How an item is measured.